Chapter Summaries

Lynn transferred his family’s fortune and visited wandmaker Grigovich, who confirmed Lynn was Alice’s son and offered him a wand. Grigovich could not repair Lynn’s broken wand, so Lynn began looking for a replacement as Scotland prepared to dissolve its Magical Committee.

• Lynn completed the transfer of his family’s vaults with Yelena and took the Philosopher’s Stone with him.
• Yelena told Lynn that Scotland would dissolve its Magical Committee and showed him the wanted poster featuring his transformed appearance.
• Yelena brought Lynn to Grigovich’s wand shop, where Grigovich recognized him as Alice’s son and welcomed him as the Lunjade family heir.
• Grigovich identified Lynn’s family through his poor compatibility with a wand, then explained the history of Lynn’s broken wand and said it could not be repaired.
• Grigovich offered Lynn any wand in his shop as a gift, and Lynn asked him for recommendations.

Lynn visited his parents’ former home and graves in Switzerland, where he met the loyal family butler, Old John, and learned more about his parents’ final days. With the Lungard fortune now in his control, Lynn decided to use Old John’s connections to gain control of Hogwarts.

• Lynn chose a yew wand from Grigovich’s shop and left Germany with Yelena.
• Lynn rejected a visit to his parents’ abandoned manor and told Yelena he had learned that more than the Scottish Ministry of Magic was involved in their deaths.
• Yelena explained that Old John had preserved the Lungard family’s assets, and Lynn and Yelena found him mourning at the family graves.
• Old John recognized Lynn as Alice’s son, explained that he had known Alice was pregnant, and welcomed him as the surviving Lungard heir.
• After Yelena confirmed the Lungard vaults had been transferred to Lynn, Lynn asked Old John to help him buy Hogwarts by acquiring the Board of Governors’ seats and, if necessary, their families.

Lynn devised a scheme to gain control of the Hogwarts Board of Governors by acquiring the businesses of twelve pure-blood families, then investigated Gilderoy Lockhart’s unexplained disappearance. The chapter ended with Hermione following Umr toward Lynn’s room after deciding to stop her from snooping.

• Lynn outlined a plan for Old John to use competing companies to acquire the businesses and Hogwarts governor seats held by twelve pure-blood families.
• Lynn told Yelena that he wanted to buy Hogwarts because he liked it and argued that Lán needed its own magic school.
• Lynn visited Gilderoy Lockhart’s home with Kira, found it messy but undisturbed, and concluded that Lockhart had disappeared without leaving clues.
• Hermione taught Umr basic knowledge, but Umr suggested searching Lynn’s room for hidden treasures.
• Umr headed upstairs, and Hermione followed, telling herself she was going to stop her.

Hermione and Umr sneaked into Lynn's room, where they found Tom had become unusually moral after Lynn's guidance. Lynn returned while Umr hid under his blanket, and Hermione admitted they had been wrong to enter without permission.

• Hermione followed Umr into Lynn's unlocked room, claiming she wanted to keep an eye on her.
• Umr searched beneath Lynn's bed for snacks while Hermione inspected his tidy room and unfinished parchment.
• Tom scolded the girls for entering without permission and said Lynn had taught him to be moral and given him hope of living again.
• Umr protested that Tom's good behavior would leave her burdened with Lynn's assignments, and Tom urged her to study and behave honestly.
• Lynn returned, Umr hid under his blanket, and Hermione apologized for sneaking into his room.
• Lynn told Hermione that entering his room was not a problem because it was his home and Umr's too.

Lynn visited Rosier and the Saints in Abros, where he learned that Grindelwald’s German vault was being watched and that former Saints had been targeted. He discovered that Leon had accidentally erased Gilderoy Lockhart’s memories, leaving the fraud living at Simon’s farm.

• Lynn scolded Umr for throwing Tom onto the floor, while Tom lectured Lynn about correcting bad behavior.
• Lynn returned to Abros and reunited with Rosier, explaining that he knew his identity and intended to cooperate with Dumbledore to improve Hogwarts for half-blood and Muggle-born students.
• Rosier warned Lynn that people had targeted the Saints and advised him not to claim Grindelwald’s German vault until he could protect himself.
• Rosier brought Lynn to Simon’s farm, where Leon, Smith, and Simon welcomed him and prepared a meal.
• Lynn recognized the confused blond man in the living room as Gilderoy Lockhart, and Leon explained that Lockhart had tried to steal his stories before Leon accidentally erased all his memories with an Obliviation Charm.

Lynn brought the memory-wiped Lockhart to Dumbledore, leaving Hogwarts without a Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. Dumbledore persuaded Lynn to take the job, and Lynn agreed on the condition that he could quit whenever he wanted.

• Lynn left Abros with Lockhart and took him to Hogwarts to explain what had happened to Dumbledore.
• Dumbledore confirmed that Lockhart had lost his memories and accepted that Leon and the others were not at fault, but worried about finding a Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher.
• Lynn suggested that Snape take the position, but Dumbledore rejected the idea because Potions teachers were also hard to replace.
• Dumbledore proposed that Lynn impersonate Lockhart and teach Defense Against the Dark Arts while continuing as a student.
• Lynn resisted until Dumbledore offered him access to the Restricted Section and other benefits, then agreed on the condition that he could quit at any time.

Lynn, Hermione, and their families met the Weasleys and Harry in Diagon Alley to exchange money and shop before Hogwarts reopened. After the group split up, Lynn and Hermione browsed for school supplies with Umr, while Hermione claimed Lynn’s ice cream after stopping Umr from eating both.

• Lynn told Hermione he planned to take Umr to Hogwarts with him when school started.
• Lynn and Hermione brought Hermione’s parents to Diagon Alley, where Mr. Granger exchanged pounds for Galleons at Gringotts.
• The Weasleys arrived at Gringotts with Harry and Hermione, and Harry told Lynn he had accidentally Flooed to Knockturn Alley and seen Malfoy with his father.
• The group split up to shop, and Lynn bought strawberry ice creams while Harry and Ron admired Chudley Cannons robes.
• Hermione bought parchment and quills as she complained about Harry and Ron’s lack of interest in studying.
• Umr recalled how she had ended up in Lynn’s care, then tried to eat Lynn’s ice cream before Hermione took it and gave Umr her own.

Lynn arranged for Leon to impersonate Gilderoy Lockhart at the Diagon Alley book signing, then used the chaos of the Weasleys’ fight with Lucius Malfoy to obtain Ginny’s old Transfiguration textbook. At home, Lynn discovered the book was blank and recognized it as Tom’s Diary, a Horcrux.

• Umr followed Lynn through Diagon Alley as a hamster, and Lynn spotted Lucius and Draco Malfoy near the bookshop queue.
• Leon, disguised as Lockhart, signed books and staged a meeting with Harry while Hermione wondered whether Lynn already knew him.
• Lucius and Arthur fought in Flourish and Blotts, and the Weasley twins joined in before Hagrid separated them.
• Lynn traded Ginny his annotated Transfiguration textbook for the book Lucius had taken from her, then returned home with Hermione and the Grangers.
• Lynn found Leon waiting at home and thanked him for impersonating Lockhart.
• Lynn examined Ginny’s blank textbook and identified it as Tom’s Diary, a Horcrux.

Lynn kept Tom's Diary from reaching Ginny and spent the rest of the summer preparing for Hogwarts, while Old John advanced his plan against the school governors' families. On the Hogwarts Express, Hermione worried when Harry and Ron were missing, then saw them flying toward the school in a car; Lynn later claimed he had settled things with her, though his dazed return suggested otherwise.

• Lynn obtained Tom's Diary, kept it under his control, and planned to destroy it once he could access a suitable method at Hogwarts.
• Old John reported that his team had surveyed the twelve governors' businesses and begun taking overseas markets before preparing to target their British strongholds.
• On September 1st, Lynn and Hermione traveled to King's Cross with Umr, and Lynn reunited on the Hogwarts Express with Cedric and Ian, who complained about his new title and summer duties.
• Hermione searched the train for Harry and Ron, and Lynn spotted them flying in a Ford Anglia, which left Hermione alarmed and Cedric amazed.
• After arriving at Hogwarts, Hermione worried that Harry and Ron would lose Gryffindor points, and Lynn chased after her before returning dazed and asking Cedric for more scones.

Lynn attended Hogwarts’s start-of-term feast disguised as Professor Lockhart while Umr impersonated Lynn as a student. After settling into his new office, Lynn made Umr promise to study magic in exchange for a game console, then prepared for his first classes.

• Lynn, disguised as Lockhart, discussed spellcasting and emotional control with Professor Flitwick during the Sorting Ceremony.
• Snape returned from investigating Harry and Ron’s arrival in a flying car, and Professor McGonagall and Dumbledore left to handle the incident.
• Lynn glared at the student impersonating him when Umr ate wildly at the feast, prompting her to sit up and act properly.
• Lynn returned to his office, revealed his identity to Umr, and scolded her for failing to convincingly impersonate him.
• Lynn offered Umr a game console if she studied magic and passed a first-year-level exam at the end of term, and Umr accepted.
• Lynn replaced the office bedding and went to bed early, while Umr transformed into a hamster and slept on the sofa.

Lynn gave Professor Sprout Living Powder to help repair the Whomping Willow, then began his first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson as Professor Lockhart. He rejected his reputation as an adventurer and writer and told his students to address him only as Professor Lockhart.

• Lynn gave Professor Sprout a bottle of Living Powder to help heal the Whomping Willow Harry and Ron had damaged.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione arrived for Herbology, where Professor Sprout praised Lynn's help and Hermione found Lockhart's mannerisms strangely familiar.
• Umr successfully cast the Levitation Charm, but Cedric and Ian judged her performance clumsy, leaving her determined to study harder.
• Lynn began his first Defense Against the Dark Arts class with second-year Gryffindor and Ravenclaw students, including Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
• Lynn told the students to raise their hands before speaking and said they should call him only Professor Lockhart, leaving Ron embarrassed.

Lynn began teaching Defense Against the Dark Arts by apologizing for the costly textbooks and promising to refund the students, then tested their existing magical knowledge. The test revealed that nearly all the students had mastered less than Harry, leaving Lynn with a clear measure of how much they needed to learn.

• Lynn told the class they would not need Lockhart's autobiographies and promised to refund the students for the books.
• Lynn let students keep the books as a welcome gift, and they laughed at his joke about using them as toilet paper.
• Lynn distributed a test to assess what the students knew and warned them not to cheat.
• Lynn compared the students' results with Harry's ability and found that only a handful passed, even with Ravenclaw students in the room.

Lynn taught his students that Defense Against the Dark Arts combined theory with practical combat, then began training them to handle Cornish Pixies. Harry impressed the class by using Transfiguration and a Freezing Charm to defeat one, while Lynn’s lessons continued successfully at Hogwarts.

• Lynn criticized the second-years’ poor performance, explained that Defense Against the Dark Arts focused on practical combat, and introduced Cornish Pixies as the first creature to study.
• Harry, Ron, and Hermione discussed Lynn’s engaging lessons and heavy homework after class, while Lynn continued teaching other year groups.
• At the next lesson, Lynn released a Cornish Pixie for practical training, and Seamus Finnigan underestimated it, missed with his Repelling Charm, and was knocked down.
• Lynn warned Seamus against underestimating opponents and sent him back to copy his assignment before calling Harry forward.
• Harry transformed a wooden plank into a vine to trip the pixie, froze it with a charm, and earned five points for Gryffindor.

Lynn taught Bessild Fontana about dark magic and learned she claimed to have met him while he was impersonated by Umr. He kept investigating the unexplained encounter while preparing to face the Basilisk himself, now that Tom’s diary would not lead Ginny Weasley to open the Chamber of Secrets.

• Lynn returned Hagrid’s pixies and encouraged him to apply for the Care of Magical Creatures professorship.
• Bessild told Lynn they had met outside the girls’ bathroom on the first floor, though Lynn could not remember seeing her.
• Lynn explained that a wizard’s intent shaped whether magic was dark and warned Bessild to stay within her limits if she pursued revenge.
• Lynn asked around about the encounter but found no clues, then resolved to prevent the Chamber of Secrets crisis from harming students.
• The spherical Tom exposed the diary’s plan to open the Chamber, while the diary tried to tempt Lynn with knowledge before he shut it.
• Lynn arranged to borrow a rooster from Hagrid and practiced the Conjunctivitis Curse in preparation for the Basilisk.

Lynn prepared to confront the basilisk while spending a sunny weekend with Umr, but his plans were interrupted when Draco insulted Hermione at the Quidditch pitch. Lynn seized Draco and threatened him until Draco broke down and apologized.

• Lynn reviewed the basilisk’s deadly gaze and prepared to use the Eye Curse and a rooster’s crow against it.
• Umr told Lynn she had learned five spells and worried she would fail his exam, and Lynn warned her not to expect an easy pass.
• Draco used his father’s donation of seven new brooms to join the Slytherin Quidditch team and confronted Harry’s group at the pitch.
• Hermione pointed out that Gryffindor players had earned their places by ability, and Draco called her a Mudblood.
• Lynn grabbed Draco, warned him about others who had used the slur, and threatened him with curses until Draco cried and promised not to do it again.

After Draco apologized to Hermione, Lynn prepared to enter the Chamber of Secrets and confronted the unexpected absence of the basilisk. He realized someone had removed the serpent before he arrived, leaving him to wonder where it had gone.

• Lynn made Draco apologize to Hermione, and she forgave him before Draco left the pitch.
• Lynn sent a letter to Old John, hoping to use the incident to establish contact with the Malfoy family and its political connections.
• After preparing a rooster, potions, and a sword, Lynn entered the girls' bathroom and used Tom to open the hidden entrance to the Chamber of Secrets.
• Lynn crawled into the chamber, made the rooster crow to ward off the basilisk, and used Tom to open Salazar Slytherin's statue.
• Lynn waited in the chamber for half the night but found no basilisk and concluded that someone had taken it away.

Lynn discovered that the basilisk had vanished from the Chamber of Secrets and worried that it could return or that one of Tom Riddle’s soul fragments had taken it. He introduced Umr, who revealed her real identity as Sophia Bashak, to Ian and Cedric, while keeping his role as Professor Lockhart secret.

• Lynn searched the Chamber of Secrets but found no basilisk or shed skin, then sealed the entrance and learned from Moaning Myrtle that she had seen no suspicious visitors.
• Lynn searched Hogwarts until morning and concluded that the basilisk had vanished, leaving him worried about its whereabouts and the soul fragment that might have released it.
• Lynn told Umr he would introduce her to Ian and Cedric, and said his identity as Professor Lockhart had to remain secret.
• Lynn confessed to Ian and Cedric that someone else had often impersonated him, and they offered to help if he ran into trouble.
• Umr transformed into her human form, introduced herself as Sophia Bashak, and Lynn explained that she and a house-elf who had attacked Ian were his family.

Lynn sought a Time-Turner to find out who had taken the basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets, but Dumbledore urged him to share what he knew. Lynn revealed Tom Riddle's diary and explained the Chamber's history, while Dumbledore recognized Tom's role in an old Hogwarts student's death.

• Ian told Lynn that outstanding students could apply through the Ministry of Magic for a Time-Turner, and Lynn hurried to see Dumbledore.
• Lynn asked Dumbledore for a Time-Turner, but Dumbledore recognized that Lynn was hiding a deeper reason and encouraged him to trust the headmaster.
• Lynn showed Dumbledore Tom's Diary and explained that Tom Riddle had opened the Chamber of Secrets, while someone else had taken the basilisk from it.
• Dumbledore recalled that Tom had blamed Hagrid's spider for a girl's death years earlier and suspected that Tom had released the basilisk and framed Hagrid.
• Tom's Diary erupted in angry writing, accusing Dumbledore of mistrusting him and insisting that his path had never been dark.

Lynn handed Tom Riddle’s Diary to Dumbledore and asked for a Time-Turner so he could investigate who had opened the Chamber of Secrets and removed the basilisk. Dumbledore agreed to obtain one for him by the day after tomorrow and promised to explain how to use it.

• Dumbledore told Diary Tom that he regretted being too harsh with him but would not accept blame for Tom’s choices, and Lynn and Little Tom dismissed the Diary’s accusations.
• Lynn gave the Diary to Dumbledore and introduced Little Tom, who politely apologized to Dumbledore before lecturing him about eating too many sweets.
• Dumbledore praised Lynn for teaching Little Tom well, and Lynn wondered how Voldemort’s imprisoned followers would react to his changed self.
• Lynn explained that he wanted a Time-Turner to investigate who had opened the Chamber of Secrets and taken the basilisk, and Dumbledore agreed to apply for one.
• Dumbledore told Lynn that he knew virtually nothing about Time-Turners and promised to teach him how to use one when it arrived.

During Defense Against the Dark Arts, Lynn corrected the students’ understanding of Erklings and punished several Slytherins for plagiarized homework. He noticed that his former roommate Hubert Maclean seemed genuinely afraid of him and wondered why.

• Lynn quizzed the class on Erklings and explained that their fangs and claws, not their cries, made them dangerous.
• Lynn caught Umr reading a first-year Transfiguration textbook instead of taking notes, and she pretended to write while drawing a turtle.
• Lynn kept several Slytherins after class and ordered them to rewrite their assignments and copy the lesson notes twenty times for plagiarism.
• Lynn noticed Hubert Maclean hurried away from him in fear and wondered whether he had disciplined Hubert before.